Cerebello-pontine angle epithelioid haemangioendothelioma in a 4-year-old boy.
A 4-year-old boy presented with a cerebello-pontine angle tumour thought to be an invasive acoustic schwannoma. Subtotal resection of the tumour was performed and followed by radiotherapy; histologically the lesion was an epithelioid haemangioendothelioma.
Tammam
A G
AG
Department of Surgical Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
Lewis
P D
PD
Crockard
H A
HA
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000175:diagnosis; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant